Thursday, March 24, 2011

"The Lost Generation" Remarque

“The Lost Generation” Remarque

Thesis: In All Quiet on the Western Front, a wounded German soldier recounts his actions in the war, seeing himself as part of a lost generation.

  • On the floor below him are the abdominal and spine cases
  • On his right are the jaw wounds, gas cases, nose, ear and neck wounds
  • On his left are the blind and lung wounds, pelvis wounds, and wounds in the joint
    • 2 soldiers died from tetanus: skin turns pale, limbs stiffen
    • Many have shattered limbs; some have a basin placed beneath their wounds to catch the pus
  • These wounded people have faced and a life which struggles through the pain
  • Hospitals alone show what war is
  • He is young, yet only knows about despair, death, fear, and sorrow in life
  • He is disillusioned; that much bloodshed was unnecessary
  • Killing in the war was his generation’s first calling in life
    • Therefore, their “knowledge of life is limited to death”

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